Axonal/Glial Upregulation of EphB/ephrin-B Signaling in Mouse Experimental Ocular Hypertension
Author(s) -
Christine Fu,
Tony Tran,
David W. Sretavan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.09-3579
Subject(s) - ephrin , downregulation and upregulation , optic nerve , erythropoietin producing hepatocellular (eph) receptor , retinal ganglion cell , axon , retina , ocular hypertension , biology , signal transduction , microbiology and biotechnology , neuroscience , glaucoma , biochemistry , gene , receptor tyrosine kinase
To use a laser-induced ocular hypertension (LIOH) mouse model to examine the optic nerve head (ONH) expression of EphB/ephrin-B, previously shown to be upregulated in glaucomatous DBA/2J mice. To relate ephrin-B reverse signaling with states of axonal response to disease.
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